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Red Cross Pleads For Hurricane Donations - Seattle Times
the american red cross is borrowing money to cover its costs from hurricane gustav and will probably go deeper into debt as it prepares for three additional storms threatening the united states. red cross vice president joseph becker said the agency ...
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Un Says United States, Japan, Eu Not Doing Enough On Poverty
united nations - a new un report is criticizing the united states, japan and the european union.
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Lawsuits Target Area Debt-collection Firm
trying to collect a debt in early june, a toledo collection agency left a voice-mail message with a former in-law of a borrower, phoned the illinois woman’s mother, and even contacted her at work, the debtor claims. this week, larisha weems, of south holland, ill., filed suit in u.s. district court in toledo claiming that united collection bureau inc., 5620 southwyck blvd., violated ...
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Oil Falls $2 To 5-month Low On Economic Gloom - Reuters India
london (reuters) - oil prices fell to a fresh five-month low on friday on flagging demand in the united states and other consumer nations, extending crude's losses to 8 percent this week. the market shrugged off continued production problems in the ...
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Bankruptcy Lawyers Can Advise Clients On Debt-court - Reuters
new york, sept 5 (reuters) - the federal appeals court in st. louis declared unconstitutional a section of the u.s. bankruptcy code that prohibits attorneys from advising their clients on taking on more debt while contemplating a bankruptcy filing ...
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More Consumers Getting Trapped In Credit Card Debt
unsecured debt drives a growing number of overextended consumers into bankruptcy or credit counseling.
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Lull Denied Debt Protection
debt protection typically sought during bankruptcy proceedings has been denied for james lull, the former kapa‘a branch manager for the u.s. financial mortgage corp. whose complex web of loans left many investors out in the cold, but monetary relief may not come anytime soon for creditors.
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Main Bank Of China Is In Need Of Capital - Gainesville Sun
dollar and yuan currency at a bank in china. china’s central bank has accumulated about $1 trillion in united states debt. it has been on a buying binge in the united states over the last seven years, snapping up roughly $1 trillion worth of ...
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Is The Financial Crisis Over? Not So Fast - International Herald Tribune
cernobbio, italy : oil prices are down, the dollar is up, and u.s. growth and exports have perked up a little. so is the global financial crisis winding down anytime soon? top economists and business leaders meeting at an italian lakeside resort ...
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Backlash In The Heartland
the young woman climbed into a van with a man she had paid $6,500 to take her out of el salvador and smuggle her into the united states. destination? columbus, where her brothers settled a few years ago to work. maria's journey began just after immigration reform imploded in congress.
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Red Cross Pleads For Hurricane Donations
the american red cross is borrowing money to cover its costs from hurricane gustav and will probably go deeper into debt as it prepares for three additional storms threatening the united states.
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Refile-global Markets-us Stocks Rebound On Financials, Oil Falls - Forbes
united states - * u.s. stocks rebound as financials rise on lehman report * dollar retreats from 11-months highs on jobs report * bonds fall on bet prices already reflect weaker economy
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Cs Broker Pleads Not Guilty To Ars Charges - Guardian Unlimited
new york, sept 5 (reuters) - a former credit suisse broker pleaded not guilty on friday to an indictment accusing him of fraud in unauthorized dealings of auction-rate debt, securities that are the focus of an industrywide probe. u.s. magistrate ...
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Fitch Ratings Forecasts New Wave Of Home Loan Defaults In United States
new york - a new wave of adjustable-rate home loans taken out in the final years of the housing boom in the united states will reset to higher monthly payments sooner than expected, causing another spike in mortgage defaults beginning next year, fitch ratings said tuesday.
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Florida Sen. Bill Nelson Urges Americans To Break Addiction To Oil
sen. bill nelson advocated a bipartisan approach to developing alternative energy sources to wean the united states from its oil dependence during a speech before the forum club of the palm beaches on friday afternoon.
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Shares In Mortgage Giants Plummet - Baltimore Sun
new york - shares of fannie mae and freddie mac tumbled in new york trading yesterday to the lowest levels in nearly two decades as speculation increased that the u.s. treasury will bail out the mortgage-finance companies, wiping out shareholders ...
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September Slide: Investors Reluctant To Own Stocks - Cnbc
investors have come back from the beach in the mood to sell. there are any number of reasons why the market is selling off so far in september—fears over employment, housing and inflation high among them. but the true motivator may be much simpler ...
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125 Rush To Citizenship
for thomas manayathara, citizenship just couldn't wait any longer. before friday, the 47-year-old native of south india had lived in the united states without the rights of being a citizen for 24 years. now, he says, a profound interest in the upcoming election in november helped push him to complete his naturalization requirements.
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Wall St. Weighs Alabama Debt Offer
wall street financiers face no strict deadline on a proposal to restructure $3.2 billion of auction-rate and other debt from alabama's jefferson county and may respond by next week, a county official said on thursday.
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Oil Price Could Spur China Industry Restructuring - Xinhua News Agency
changchun, sept. 5 (xinhua) -- concern over surging oil prices could mean the restructuring and upgrading of china's industries, according to a united nations conference on trade and development (unctad) official here on friday. "commodity price ...
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